Archive for the ‘ E-Mail Marketing ’ Category

In this final article in a series on local search optimization, SEO expert Dev Basu explains the tricks of building ‘citations’ to your business and getting reviews for your business to build your visibility in the ‘7-pack’ of business listings, and how to link your AdWords campaign to Google Maps to get noticed.

In this brief video interview, mobile search marketing expert Michael Martin indicates that after many promises in previous years, 2010 is actually the year when mobile takes off. He explains why mobile devices have a conversion rate for local searches four times that of other types of browsers, plus current growth statistics for Internet-capable smartphones.

Here are a few recent articles and resources I found this week that might interest you.

In this article conversion expert Tim Ash clarifies three often-confused terms used to describe and “type” site visitors. (1) Roles describe classes of visitors. (2) A Persona is a carefully-constructed prototype of a type of visitor. (3) Cognitive Styles consider temperaments and behavior types. Ash explains how each can help in landing page optimization.

In this fascinating video interview, Stanford persuasion psychologist BJ Fogg contends that we are on the cusp of the next stage of human evolution where every human will have a mobile device with them throughout their lives as a persuasion platform that will influence behavior.

How do you decide which SEO firm to contract with, or which SEO candidate to hire as your in-house employee? Asking questions. In this article, SEO expert Wil Reynolds explains the 4 worst questions to ask — and why — and offers some alternative questions that will help you assess an SEO firm’s worth.

In this video interview, conversion expert Lance Loveday explains the pros and cons of simple A/B split-testing vs. the much more complex multivariate testing. He suggests starting with A/B testing for the basic layout for big performance gains, then moving to multivariate testing for additional incremental gains.

Here are a few recent articles and resources I found this week that might interest you.

In this article, content expert Nick Usborne contends that social media success tells us what web users want: interaction, a voice. Suggests including non-text features such as videos, slideshows, comments function, and a poll or survey.

In this article, conversion expert Jeff Sexton explains how to correct the unnoticed, subliminal problems that can prevent a sale. He discusses overall look and feel, about us page, intuitively-labeled hyperlinks and navigation, point of action assurances, what’s next and timelines, and repeated assurances at checkout.